Endoscopic treatment with multiple stents for post-liver-transplantation nonanastomotic biliary strictures

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1236-1243

  Tabibian, James H ^a   Asham, Emad H ^a   Goldstein, Leonard ^a   Han, Steven H ^a   Saab, Sammy ^a   Tong, Myron J ^a   Busuttil, Ronald W ^a   Durazo, Francisco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONANASTOMOTIC BILIARY STRICTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETRANSPLANTATION; STENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BALLOON DILATATION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS;

EID: 67349170801     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.09.057     Document Type: Article

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